Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170074314 - Employee killed in excavation cave-in

Accident Summary Nr: 170074314 -- Report ID: 0257220 -- Event Date: 03/17/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126914746	05/11/1999	1521	0	Gibraltar Construction Co Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was in a 5 ft wide by 9 to 10 ft long by 7 to 8 ft deep excavation cleaning a pipe to be connected to a manhole when the excavation caved in and he was completely buried. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Other		$20,000,000 and over			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126914746			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Construction of playing fields, tennis courts Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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